Description : A syllogism is form of mediate _________ inference. A) deductive B) inductive C) intuitive D) fallacious.
Last Answer : A) deductive
Description : Education is a ___________ inference. A) Indirect B) Absurd C) Mediate D) Immediate.
Last Answer : D) Immediate.
Description : Opposition is a ___________ inference. A) Indirect B) Absurd C) Mediate D) Immediate.
Description : _____________ asserts the agreement or disagreement of a subject and predicate after having compared each with middle term. A) Immediate inference B) Mediate inference C) Definition D) Classification.
Last Answer : B) Mediate inference
Description : The process of passing directly from a single proposition to a conclusion is A) Immediate inference B) Mediate inference C) Definition D) Classification.
Last Answer : A) Immediate inference
Description : The premises provide conclusive grounds for the conclusion in ----------- argument. A) Inductive B) Deductive C) Fallacious D) Intuitive
Last Answer : B) Deductive
Description : A ___________ is a mixed syllogism whose major premise is a disjunctive propositions and whose minor premise and conclusion are categorical propositions. A) Categorical syllogism B) Hypothetical syllogism C) Disjunctive syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : C) Disjunctive syllogism
Description : Deductive logic is also known as A) Intuitive logic B) Material logic C) Formal logic D) Scientific logic.
Last Answer : C) Formal logic
Description : Deductive arguments are typically ----------. A) Analytic B) Synthetic C) Intuitive D) Material.
Last Answer : A) Analytic
Description : The argumentation becomes a closed system in A) Deduction B) Induction C) Material logic D) Intuitive logic.
Last Answer : A) Deduction
Description : A _________ is a form of syllogism determined by the qulity and quantity of the three constituent propositions. A) Mood B) Figure C) Middle termed D) Conclusion.
Last Answer : A) Mood
Description : The form of the syllogism as determined by the position of the middle term is A) Figure B) Mood C) Quality D) Quantity.
Last Answer : A) Figure
Description : __________ fallacy occurs when a term is used in two different meanings in the syllogism. A) Undistribute middle B) Two negative premises C) Equivocation D) Illicit major.
Last Answer : C) Equivocation
Description : “All animals are mortal All men are animals Therefore all men are mortal.” _________ is the major term of the above syllogism. A) Mortal B) Men C) Animals D) Are.
Last Answer : A) Mortal
Description : A Dilemma is a ________ syllogism. A) mixed B) categorical C) hypothetical D) disjunctive.
Last Answer : A) mixed
Description : The violation of the rules of a disjunctive syllogism commits the fallacy of ________. A) Illicit major B) Illicit minor C) Improper disjunction D) Ambiguous major
Last Answer : C) Improper disjunction
Description : Modus tollens is also known as________. A) Constructive hypothetical syllogism B) Constructive dilemma C) Destructive dilemma D) Destructive hypothetical syllogism.
Last Answer : D) Destructive hypothetical syllogism.
Description : A constructive hypothetical syllogism is also known as _______. A) Modus Tollens B) Modus ponens C) Constructive dilemma D) Addition.
Last Answer : B) Modus ponens
Description : A hypothetical syllogism is also called______ A) Conjunctive syllogism B) Disjunctive syllogism C) Categorical syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : A) Conjunctive syllogism
Description : A syllogism in which the major premise is a hypothetical proposition, the minor and the conclusion are categorical propositions is a_______. A) Categorical syllogism B) Hypothetical syllogism C) Disjunctive syllogism D) Dilemma.
Last Answer : B) Hypothetical syllogism
Description : There are _____ types of categorical syllogism known as figures. A) two B) three C) four D) five.
Last Answer : C) four
Description : “ All donkeys are animals. All monkeys are animals. Therefore all monkeys are donkeys”. The fallacy committed by the above syllogism is A) Ambiguous major B) Ambiguous minor C) Ambiguous middle D) Undistributed middle.
Last Answer : D) Undistributed middle.
Description : “ Food is indispensable to life. Plantain is a food. Therefore plantain is indispensable to life.” The fallacy committed by the above syllogism is A) Ambiguous major B) Ambiguous minor C) Ambiguous middle D) Undistributed middle.
Last Answer : C) Ambiguous middle
Description : ____________ is a fallacy which occurs when in a syllogism the minor term means one thing in the minor premise and quite another in the conclusion. A) Fallacy of ambiguous major B) Fallacy of ambiguous minor C) Fallacy of ambiguous middle D) Fallacy of undistributed middle.
Last Answer : B) Fallacy of ambiguous minor
Description : ____________ is a fallacy which occurs when a syllogism uses its major term in one sense in the premise and in a different sense in the conclusion. A) Fallacy of ambiguous major B) Fallacy of ambiguous minor C) Fallacy of ambiguous middle D) Fallacy of undistributed middle
Last Answer : A) Fallacy of ambiguous major
Description : “B is a friend of C. A is a friend of B. Therefore A is a friend of C.” The above syllogism commits the fallacy of__________. A) quarterino-terminorum B) ambiguous major C) ambiguous minor D) equivocation.
Last Answer : A) quarterino-terminorum
Description : Each term occurs ______ in the syllogism. A) once B) twice C) thrice D) four times.
Last Answer : B) twice
Description : A syllogism consists of _______ terms. A) five B) two C) three D) four.
Last Answer : C) three
Description : ________ is a statement of relation between two terms. A) Proposition B) Denotation C) Syllogism D) Dilemma
Last Answer : A) Proposition
Description : Truth or Falsehood may be predicated of --------. A) arguments B) inferences C) propositions D) syllogism
Last Answer : C) propositions
Description : The process by which one proposition is arrived at on the basis of other propositions is called-----------. A) Term B) Concept C) Inference D) Connotation.
Last Answer : C) Inference
Description : The following argument: “ All mammals have wings. All reptiles are mammals. Therefore all reptiles have wings ”. A) Inductive B) invalid C) sound D) Valid.
Last Answer : D) Valid.
Description : Inductive logic is also known as A) Formal logic B) Model logic C) Material logic D) Sentential logic
Last Answer : C) Material logic
Description : The following argument: Aristotle is human and mortal. Bacon is human and mortal. Castro is human and mortal. Descartes is human and mortal. Therefore all humans are mortal. is an example ... ---- argument. A) Deductive B) Inductive C) Syllogistic D) Deduction-Induction combined.
Last Answer : B) Inductive
Description : The claim of an inductive argument is that premises provide---------- for the conclusion. A) invalidity B) absolute evidence C) no evidence D) some evidence
Last Answer : D) some evidence
Description : An advantage of inductive reasoning is A) to sustain existing beliefs B) to formulate valid arguments C) to create aesthetic sense D) to frame future expectations.
Last Answer : D) to frame future expectations.
Description : A single ------ is enough to prove the inductive conclusion false. A) intuition B) Assumption C) counter-example D) concept.
Last Answer : C) counter-example
Description : Inductive method is identified with A) Religious activity B) Scientific activity C) Moral activity D) Aesthetic activity.
Last Answer : B) Scientific activity
Description : Inductive arguments are properly characterised as A) valid-invalid B) strong-weak C) definite-indefinite D) certain-uncertain.
Last Answer : B) strong-weak
Description : Discovering a new ------- is permissible in inductive reasoning. A) cause B) effect C) assumption D) evidence.
Last Answer : D) evidence.
Description : In inductive reasoning the conclusion is -------. A) Probable B) Certain C) Definite D) Predictable.
Last Answer : A) Probable
Description : The proposition: “Socrates is wise”, is an example for ___________ proposition. A) negative B) singular C) emotive D) invalid.
Last Answer : B) singular
Description : ___________ is the relation between two propositions having the same subject but differing in both quality and quantity. A) Contrary opposition B) Contradictory opposition C) Subalternation D) Sub- contrary.
Last Answer : B) Contradictory opposition
Description : A dilemma is complex when the conclusion is __________ proposition. A) implicative B) categorical C) disjunctive D) negative
Last Answer : C) disjunctive
Description : A dilemma is simple when the conclusion is__________ proposition. A) disjunctive B) implicative C) negative D) categorical
Last Answer : D) categorical
Description : A dilemma is ________ when disjunctive minor premise denies the consequents of the major premise A) constructive B) destructive C) subjective D) objective
Last Answer : B) destructive
Description : A dilemma is ________ when disjunctive minor premise affirms the antecedents of the major premise A) constructive B) destructive C) objective D) subjective.
Last Answer : A) constructive
Description : If one premise is particular the conclusion must be_________. A) Universal B) Negative C) Affirmative D) Particular.
Last Answer : D) Particular.
Description : From two ________ premises no conclusion is possible. A) universal B) affirmative C) negative D) categorical
Last Answer : C) negative
Description : Two_______ premises yield no valid conclusion. A) universal B) particular C) affirmative D) categorical.
Last Answer : B) particular